Summary of Christian Brose's The Kill Chain

By IRB Media

Get the Summary of Christian Brose's The Kill Chain in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: As Christian Brose reveals in this urgent wake-up call, the future will be defined by artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies that are revolutionizing global industries and are now poised to overturn the model of American defense. This fascinating, if disturbing, book confronts the existential risks on the horizon, charting a way for America's military to adapt and succeed with new thinking as well as new technology. America must build a battle network of systems that enables people to rapidly understand threats, make decisions, and take military actions, the process known as "the kill chain." Examining threats from China, Russia, and elsewhere, The Kill Chain offers hope and, ultimately, insights on how America can apply advanced technologies to prevent war, deter aggression, and maintain peace.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669344742

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Insights on Christian Brose's The Kill Chain

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The United States went to war against Iraq in 1991, and in just a few weeks, they were able to defeat the Iraqi military. This was thanks to their technological superiority.

#2

In 1992, a report from the US Department of Defense concluded that the US military could have won the Gulf War more quickly if they had used more accurate smart bombs. Instead, they relied on dumb bombs that simply destroyed as much as possible.

#3

The report that concluded the Gulf War in 1991 concluded that America needed to change how it fought wars, as the country had no more demons or adversaries to fight. The Soviet Union had fallen, and America was now the hyperpower.

#4

The US approach to fighting wars largely remained the same, relying on the same assumptions. We fought on our terms, from sanctuaries that our opponents could not reach. We were technologically superior to our adversaries. And we sustained few casualties on our way to victory.

#5

The United States lost only four military personnel during the seventy-eight-day Kosovo air campaign, despite launching nearly 1,200 strikes. China, however, is building a reconnaissance-strike complex similar to what the US used in Kosovo.

#6

The 9/11 terrorist attacks gave the US military a massive boost in funding, and eventually led to the creation of the Department of Defense under Donald Rumsfeld.

Reviews for Summary of Christian Brose's The Kill Chain

[jim · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Nothing special, until the chapter three insights when the author writes the military industrial complex is a third branch of gov…. We have three branches w/o the military complex…. I stopped reading .